Nebraska (studio album) by Bruce Springsteen

Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen
Year: 1982
Overall rank: 312th   Overall chart historyOverall chart history
Average Rating: 
80/100 (from 968 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top 5 albums of 1982 (5th)
Award Top 50 albums of the 1980s (41st)
Award Top 500 albums of all time (312th)
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Bruce Springsteen bestography

Nebraska is ranked 4th best out of 149 albums by Bruce Springsteen on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Bruce Springsteen is Born To Run which is ranked number 73 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 16,938.

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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 79.6/100, a mean average of 78.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 79.7/100. The standard deviation for this album is 17.0.

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From 05/25/2023 19:43
Somehow not as desolate and depressing as the actual state of Nebraska, but pretty close. Where Bruce's albums before this are filled with aspiration and optimism, Nebraska tells stories of all those dreams deferred. Where tramps on earlier tracks are born to run, the characters here will likely never go the distance. Yet, underneath the barren guitar, vocals, and occasional harmonica, Springsteen is unable to totally shake his sense of possibility. How could he be any other way? Victories may be far and few between, but they're never taken for granted.
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From 09/29/2022 21:03
Definitely this is a unique album in Bruce's cataloguez it reminds me of Leonard Cohen or Bob Dylan's Blood On The Tracks and later people like Sufjan Stevens. Bruce here is poetic as never before although he is generally a wonderful lyricist and the least flashy instrumentals of his career help to create that dark atmosphere. Atlantic City is commonly known masterpiece, but there are also some hidden gems that get you in your emotions pretty hard - Highway Patrolman, Nebraska and hauntingly beutiful State Trooper which is hard-hitting suicide ballad enhanced by instrumental sounding like ticking clock. There are also great low-key songs about family - Used Cars and especially My Father's House. I think that this has optimistic ending with Reason To Believe.
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From 09/07/2022 01:14
Great Springsteen record
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From 02/03/2022 23:28
Dark as Hell. NICE
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From 01/10/2022 11:15
Maravillosa sorpresa con un Springsteen acústico (antes de la fiebre de los unplugged) e intimista. Magnífico.
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From 11/14/2021 04:46
It must have taken an act of God for Columbia Records to release a cassette home demo as a studio album. In an era of overproduction, this preceded nearly all mass-marketed albums with indie, lo-fi or sparce production. Today, most Americana artists try to produce studio albums modeled after the magic of these home demos. This record is dark but delicate. Every song is a miniature movie, with characters and a story about their struggles. A true landmark.

Essential.

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B Side: Highway Patrolman
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From 08/31/2021 23:15
Springsteen channels Dylan for his most bleak and emotionally raw release. I also find it to be head and shoulders above the rest of his albums.
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From 01/25/2021 07:18
Amazing how Bruce decided to followup his biggest hit album by a complete stylistic 180. Works pretty good for this album.
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From 01/16/2021 16:12
Bruce dipping his toe in folk. A quiet, dark effort with a very consistent tone. Its definitely caters towards a certain mood, but an excellent album from the Boss. Worthy of the high praise for sure.
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Best Albums of 1982
1. Thriller by Michael Jackson
2. The Dreaming by Kate Bush
3. The Number Of The Beast by Iron Maiden
4. Pornography by The Cure
5. Nebraska by Bruce Springsteen
6. 1999 by Prince
7. Avalon by Roxy Music
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